We're nearing in on 7 years! My how time files.

It was a wilder time, with steam greenlight having its final submissions, and us here at Flamebait fresh out of university. It also was a time where Steam supported 32 bit applications for MacOS.

32-bit Mac has since become a thing of the past. None of our newer products include it, and it has at last become time to discontinue it from our very first release as well.

If you play on a Mac, don't worry. We still have the 64-bit version, which has been the norm for Mac devices for a decade at this point.

With that we bid farewell to our Mac 32-bit version. We will fondly remember your limited addressable space.

Bonjour, artisans unbowed! 👻

We've found some weird postcard today! We think it's addressed to you.


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To those of you who're playing Passpartout,
you'll find creepy critters are on the loose!

Ghastly spirits, ghosts - it doesn't matter,
For their devilish headpieces are quite dapper.

Appease them with heart and you may find,
They'll award you with said piece in kind.
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We're not sure who the sender is, but we have a good guess.
Have fun exploring the Halloween event in Passpartout, and if you're just picking the games up, welcome!


Stay spooky!


The games are on sale during this Halloween event time!
Passpartout: The Starving Artist is 60% off! and Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist is 20% off!

Bonjour our fellow artists 🍷🥖


Passpartout 2 is available now! Jump over to Steam and start painting right now with a 20% launch discount!



▶️ Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist

We’re looking forward to seeing your masterpieces🖼✨



Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist is available on Steam for $24.99 / €24.99/ £20.99, with a 20% discount for its launch week. To celebrate the launch of its sequel, the first game in the series Passpartout: The Starving Artist will also have its deepest discount yet at 60% off. For those who wish to fully commit to the artist life, we launched a brand-new “Passpartout Bundle”, offering an additional 10% discount for both games.

• Easy point & click gameplay
  
• Have a chill time exploring and interacting with a beautiful and creative world.
  
• Literally drawing your own art, unlocking fancier tools along the way.
  
• Putting your art out for sale anywhere in the world, including your studio.
  
• Doing commissions for the townsfolk of Phénix and slowly impacting the town with your art - from a simple warning sign to the top spot of the Museum of the Masters!
  
• The game is compatible with most PC tablets!

If you have any great art to share or questions, please feel free to share it with our community 🎨
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We hope you’ll enjoy painting in Passpartout 2❤️


//Flamebait Team

Bonjour our fellow artist 🍷🥖


It is getting warmer and spring-like in Sweden🌸Hope everyone is doing well!



With only five days until launch, we wanted to share the results of the Ad-poster event we held a few weeks ago! The magnificent posters you created have finally made it into Bull Street and wow did it help bring that place to life!🚗🚙


To be real with you we’re both extremely excited and completely terrified to finally release the game. We’ve worked hard every day for over two and a half years to make a worthy sequel to Passpartout: The Starving Artist. In the end, we’re super proud of the results and hope that you’ll find a ton of joy in painting your heart away!✨



For those of you interested in a bit of Flamebait lore we were only University students when we made the first Passpartout. Now we’re self-proclaimed professionals delivering the sequel after 6 years. But we wouldn’t have made it without the help of so, so many people. Huge thanks to Synkronosauus, our composers, for making those sweet tunes, and thanks to the interns, testers, QA, localizers, family, friends and of course you, the community. Without the love we received we’d never have been able to live out our indie dream and Passpartout 2 would never have come to light ❤️



We can’t wait to get Passpartout 2 into your hands!


Thanks
//Flamebait Team

Bonjour my fellow artists!🍷🥖


It’s time to sharpen your pencils✏️ The day we’ve all been waiting for is coming super soon! This is as exciting as announcements get!

✨Passpartout 2 releases on Steam April 4🎨

At this very moment, we’re all smacking our keyboards as hard as we can - ironing out the final bugs to give you all as comfy and sweet an experience as we can. We’ve also finally decided on a price point.
So, allow me to share some details about the release:


🕰 It’ll release on Steam at 10 AM PST/6 PM GMT/7 PM CET
💶 Price $24.99 / €24.99/ £20.99
👼 20% Sale discount for 1 week
🖥 Will officially support Windows and Mac



As you can see in the announcement trailer there are quite a few new areas and characters you didn’t get a chance to meet in the demo last summer. We can’t wait until you get to try it!🏘


Please tell everyone to wishlist the game. Tell your friends, your grandma, your cat and even your car (smart cars can wishlist games now?)! Everything helps us continue making the games we love💕


Your support so far has been amazing and we’re infinitely grateful! You’ve helped us crack down on nasty bugs. You banded together and made Bull St. a sprawling business zone with a whopping 24 amazing ad posters! Thank you!


Allow me to take a moment as well to share the amazing posters made by you and the community. To be frank we were overwhelmed by how many great submissions we received!


For those of you who missed it, if your poster was selected you’ll be notified by e-mail with info & a steam key around the time of release 📨


Now let's keep the hype up for release! And don’t forget to keep on drawing!


// Papa Mattias

Bonjour my fellow artists🍷🥖



Spring is right around the corner 🌸We’re almost ready to announce our release, but before we do, we wanted to host a tiny creative event 🎨


There's an area called “Bull Street” brimming with savvy business- folk, and there are several blank ad spaces! I thought it’d be fun to invite you to make up three silly or fun ad posters to be featured in the game! This can be anything from a made up fast food chain to an ad for a made up travel agency!🏦


The call for entries is open for six days starting today! Next week on March 8th, we will announce the three ads we think fits best and put them into the game as outdoor ads.

In order to make something that works in this game there are some requirements, so please read the application form before you start! This is also the place you submit your masterful ad creation 🖼


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We are looking forward to seeing your wild creations❤️


// Papa Mattias

Bonjour my fellow artists🍷🥖



It's February already! We are so engrossed in game development that we lose track of time.

We’ve just sent an electronic pigeon to everyone who’s signed up, so please check your e-mail! 📬 🕊️


To make sure we select people who really want to play the closed beta we’re doing a second sign-up. You can sign up HERE[www.passpartoutgame.com]! 😊

If you miss out on the beta test, don't worry. The game will be fully released this spring! Oh my, that’s so soon!



Oh, and what a surprise, Passpartout 2 was awarded Best Visual Art at the Taipei Game Show!! We are extremely excited to have been chosen for this award out of more than 170 amazing games from all over the world.

We’d like to say 'Thank You!' to everyone in the community who has stuck with us making our weird little games.

//Papa Mattias

Bonjour et bonne année 🍷🥖


Today we have two exciting things to share. We’re planning an exclusive closed beta test. The idea is that we’ll randomly select from our Newsletter subscribers to get the opportunity to check out the latest version of the game‼️  *If you haven't already subscribed to our secret newsletter, sign up here > https://www.passpartoutgame.com. Our hope is that you’ll try to break the game in every way you can imagine and help let us know what mischievous things you accomplished so we can get rid of them before release. But if you just want to chill out in the game that’ll be totally fine as well ☕️


Secondly, I wanted to share some nice progress we’ve been making. It’s called Bull Street and its money-loving residents will hopefully find their way into your heart, or at least your wallet. These business people are on the lookout for clever art investments as well as needing an artist’s hand with various business ventures💰


The main reason I wanted to show off Bull Street is this awesomely endearing heavily trafficked road. JUST LOOK AT THE CUTE CARS GOING VROOM🚙🚗🚕! Uh, anyways, more info about the closed beta will come when we’re ready. The current plan is to run the Beta sometime in February, so stay tuned!


In the meantime, take care and have a good one,

//Papa Mattias

Bonjour my fellow artists!🍷🥖


The Winter Holidays are approaching and the Flamebait team will soon take a bit of a break☃️. Personally I’m most excited about the baby-sized Santa's elf outfit my daughter will be wearing to melt her grandma’s heart🎅. Next year we’ll be back energized to finish up the game for you all!

Today I bring you a Holiday gift, a bit of a secret snack if you will. It’s… [imagine a drum roll 🥁 and pause reading until you feel the drum roll has reached its climax]...


THE COLOR MIXER!🎨 In the world you’ll find recipes for new color palettes that you feed into this marvelous machine. It’ll churn for a while until it’s ready, then popping out a new palette for you to enjoy!


This means that you’ll be able to unlock several different palettes to find the one you love most! We’ve already shown a few of these palettes on our TikTok which you should totally follow if you’re hip ‘n cool. If there are any colors you’d love to see, please let me know in our Discord community.


🐷A pretty pig I made myself using the pastel color palette. Everything in the screenshot is work in progress and subject to change.


I tried my best shading some sort of metallic ball using the monochrome palette. Everything in the screenshot is a work in progress and subject to change.


That’s all for this month. I wish you all the best and a lovely Winter Holiday🎄

//Papa Mattias